What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name GOMES, RONEY I | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $99,795.37 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, BRIAN R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $99,795.11 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANTELLO, RALPH S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,794.30 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, SUZANNE G | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,794.20 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCHMANN, RICHARD W | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $99,794.02 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, HECTOR J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $99,793.49 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREANZA, JOSEPH P | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $99,793.12 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TRACY Y | Employer name Finkelstein Memorial Library | Amount $99,791.30 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTIN, STANLEY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,790.79 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMPSEY, SANDRA E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $99,790.55 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFFAT, JASON R | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $99,789.79 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, RANDY J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $99,789.26 | Date 09/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILL, BRIAN A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $99,788.56 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JERRY R | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $99,788.35 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, BRIDGET M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,787.88 | Date 03/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, LESLIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,787.88 | Date 01/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACOSSE, FRANCIS X, JR | Employer name Village of Menands | Amount $99,787.80 | Date 06/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $99,787.42 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DYKE, SUE G | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $99,787.05 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACKEN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Putnam Valley CSD | Amount $99,786.32 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JONATHAN M | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $99,786.31 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALLI, ROBERT R | Employer name Utica Mun Housing Authority | Amount $99,785.93 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCOREIL, MARK R | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $99,785.32 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, JEFFERY J | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $99,784.27 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $99,784.20 | Date 01/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KATHELEEN | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,783.53 | Date 05/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUM, JASON D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $99,783.28 | Date 03/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVE, ARTHUR O., JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $99,782.59 | Date 12/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCIARUSO, JUDITH | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $99,781.54 | Date 05/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAKS, PAUL S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $99,781.52 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, CURRAN F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,781.38 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY-DELLO, BARBARA J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $99,781.28 | Date 06/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PIERRO, ALBERT | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,780.57 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERAGHTY, BRIAN A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,779.95 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, RONNIE J, JR | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $99,779.70 | Date 07/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, EDWARD J | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $99,779.28 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIDAY, PATRICK | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,779.07 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI MORA, STEVEN P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,778.94 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHABSES, KAROLINA ANNA | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $99,778.78 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASOLO, FELIX A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $99,777.45 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,777.02 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WITCHER, NICOLETTE R | Employer name Hudson River Park Trust | Amount $99,774.90 | Date 11/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DAVID | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $99,774.64 | Date 12/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRESTER, JEFFREY B | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $99,774.50 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMBERG, ERNEST | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $99,774.43 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOMHOWER, AMANDA M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $99,773.57 | Date 12/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOFFORD, ANN M | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $99,773.34 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAROFANO, ROSANNE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,772.97 | Date 06/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUGNANO, PHILLIP J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $99,772.40 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANZESE, JOSEPH C | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $99,771.86 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, LANCE P | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $99,770.50 | Date 05/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RISPOLI, MICHAEL | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $99,770.02 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOXHILL, JAEVON S | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $99,768.81 | Date 09/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC FARLANE, ROBERT T | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $99,766.58 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAVID C, JR | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $99,766.12 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, SKANDA S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $99,763.28 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, SVEN R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $99,761.03 | Date 09/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTAKER, JOSEPH | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $99,760.87 | Date 01/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLOCK, KENNETH H | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $99,759.82 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLAMIL, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,759.06 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLNAR, STEVEN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $99,758.89 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, DEREK V | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $99,757.07 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SODDERS, MICHAEL D | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $99,756.12 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDINER, SCOTT C | Employer name Greenville CSD | Amount $99,756.10 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLINT, BRIAN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,755.38 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, ERIC P | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $99,755.20 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIMAGE, MARIE ELSIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,755.12 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLEY, DAVID A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,753.55 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINGUINA, PETER F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,749.75 | Date 02/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUSCH, RONALD G | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $99,749.65 | Date 05/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,749.05 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, RONALD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,749.01 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISOGNANO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $99,748.17 | Date 06/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORABITO, JOSEPH G | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $99,747.99 | Date 01/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, BRYAN T | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $99,747.85 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLETT, H JAMES, JR | Employer name Palmyra-Macedon CSD | Amount $99,746.22 | Date 09/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QURESHI, IRFAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,746.09 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMONT, PAUL S | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $99,746.02 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, WILLIAM B | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $99,745.13 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHIMIREDDY, ANIRUDH | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,744.77 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UVAROV, FELIKS | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $99,744.39 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIAMBRA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $99,743.67 | Date 04/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMAKRISHNAN, SIVA A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $99,743.65 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, CHARLES E | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $99,743.61 | Date 07/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEST, GARY A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $99,743.40 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALLY, MARGARET M | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $99,743.36 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, AMY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $99,742.51 | Date 06/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PASQUALE, DAVID C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,742.47 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUROWY, JASON C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $99,742.29 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $99,741.77 | Date 10/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, DUANE | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $99,741.65 | Date 06/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, MICHAEL A | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $99,741.25 | Date 09/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCH, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $99,740.77 | Date 03/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARSTON, JONATHAN A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $99,739.32 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, SCOTT P | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $99,738.47 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VISCUSI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $99,737.91 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESTRO, FRANK A | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $99,736.52 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUX, DANIEL M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,736.06 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOCHUICO, DENNIS R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,735.35 | Date 03/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSTETT, ADAM E | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $99,735.34 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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